Almost all of this gold discovery was made in 1934, when a prospector had stumbled upon speckles of gold while out hiking one day. Generally this whole entire gold discovery was first came upon 8 miles east of Pickle Lake, that was located in the area of Pickle Crowe, within the Patricia Portion of the Kenora District. This whole entire mining claim alone would end up consisting of 8 unpatented claims at the time. All of this unexplored land had its own massive acreage of 286 acres of land. More so the access within this area was rather considered to have been very isolated. Much of the transportation to this mining zone was considered to have only been done by a short plane ride from Sioux Lookout or Hudson. Prospectors and miners could also take a boat ride from Hudson to Doghole bay on Lake St. Joseph. Soon enough the prospector and his team of business men would end up incorporating the Albany River Mines Limited. Once this had all happened the company was now underway in constructing its very own roadway. Construction of the roadway was now expanding from the mine site to Doghole Bay on Lake St. Joseph. Much of this was considered to have eliminated the isolation between the actual mine site, and its own small community that was located on Doghole Bay.

By April 1936, the company and its dedicated miners had soon commenced shaft sinking phase of the newly developed No.1 Albany River Mine Shaft. As development continued the small scale shaft was now being sunken further within the ground as it was reaching its own depth of 390 feet. Production of the ore resource was now being taken from three producing levels that had significant amount of stoping. Each of these levels alone became cut and stationed on the mines 125, 250, and 375 foot levels . In general the company's employees had also constructed a significant amount of crosscutting towards the ore-body.

Further development within 1936, had included the much needed structures that became in charge or running this operation. Much of this soon had included bunkhouses for the miners, a cookery, the Assay Office, Blacksmith and Carpenter shop, dry house, and its very own power house. More development was also place towards the company's Sinking Plant when the much need machinery became added. The sinking plant alone had consisted of 125 H.P Eclipse Boiler. a 500 cubic foot compressor, and its very own 10 by 12 inch hoist system. By this time the company would also get the approval for electrical power that was taken from the Rat Rapid- Pickle Crowe Line of the Ontario Hydro Electrical Power Commission and transmitted to two 250 K.V. A Transformers that were located within the mine site. During this time period the company would also employee a small number of men that soon had its own workforce of 28 men. It was believe that nine of the men became employed underground, while the rest had obtained surface positions. Nothing else during this time period had commenced as the mine was just becoming productive with a large amount of its own ore being stock piled.

By 1940, the whole entire mining site was rather transforming when the three compartment vertical shaft operation which was sunken to about 652 feet. In addition the company would also engineer five producing levels that became cut and stationed on the mines 125, 250, 375, 500, and 625 foot levels. The first level that was stationed on the mines 125 foot level was opened up 682 feet of drifting, while also encountering 969 feet of crosscutting. Development and production was also taking place on the mines 250 foot section as it became opened up by 150 feet of drifting, and had also been extended by 30 feet of crosscutting. Another level which became developed on the mines 375 foot section was also opened up by 1,363 feet of drifting, and 470 feet of crosscutting. Further development also became continued on the mines 500 foot section as a long drift that traveled for a distance of 980 feet had also expanded into 207 feet of crosscutting, and 180 feet of raising that was done. On the last level a massive drift was driven for a distance of 2,349 feet, and had also encountered 690 feet of crosscutting, and 22 feet of raising that was done on the 625 foot section. It was within this time period that the Albany River Gold Mines Limited would undergo more exploration procedures that included conducting twelve diamond drill holes that totalled 1,460 feet of core sample to be assayed. Another 70 holes was also reported to have been drilled within the underground levels, and had totalled 8,069 feet of core sample. Company officials from the Albany River Gold Mines Ltd had also commence their own trenching procedures that had constructed 1,985 feet of Trenching that was only 2 1/2 feet deep. In addition the company and its hardworking miners would also hoist a short amount of ore from the mine that had totalled only 850 ton that year alone.